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IBERNI-IARDT JORGENS-EN, 013 BEVERLY,

lv'iilSSAGEUSE'ITS, ASSIGNOR 'IO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF PA'IERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION 013 NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR SHAPING UPPERS.

Application filed July 19, 1922. Serial No. 576,091.

This invention relates to machines for use in the manufacture of boots and shoes and more particularly, in many of its important aspects, to machines .for shaping the 5 upper materials over a form or last. The invention is herein shown as embodied in a machine having means for lasting the heel and shank portions of shoes, and adapted more particularlyfor operation upon tennis shoes or other shoes, including arctics, in which the upper in the lasting operation is fastened to the insole by adhesion, but it will be recognized that in many of its novel features the invention is not limited to the manufacture of that type of shoe nor to a combination of means for operating at both the heel and the shank, and that in various novel aspects, moreover, the invention is not limited in respect to the portion of the shoe upon which the operation is performed.

Important features of the invention are to be recognized in a novel combination of means for performing upper shaping operations at the heel end and at the shank of the shoe. In one important aspect, the invention provides for shaping the upper at the shank before laying it inwardly over the insole about the heel end of the shoe. the machine herein shown having shank and heel lasting mechanisms which are timed to operate in sequence to conform the upper to the pronounced curvatures of the shank portion of the last and to lay its margin inwardly over the insole at the opposite sides of the shank and thereafter to gather and lay the margin of the upper inwardly about the heel end. This contributes to uniformity in the lasting operation without danger of wrinkling theupper at the junction of the heel end and the shank, and in the manufacture of shoes that are provided with heel end stiffeners or counters has the further advantage that in the lasting of the heel end of the shoe the wings of the counter are held frictionally from undesirable displacement by the previously shaped shank portions of the upper materials. In a further aspect, the invention provides for pressing the margin of the upper upon the insole at the heel end and at the shank after the different portions of the margin have thus been laid inwardly in sequence. the machine illustrated having means for moving the heel and shank overlaying mechanisms heightwise of the shoe substantially simultaneously to apply such pressure. In operating upon shoes in which the margin of the upper is fastened to the in sole by adhesion, for example by the use of cement applied to the upper, the application of such pressure serves to effect the adhesion and thus to secure the upper in lasted position.

In accordance with a further feature, the invention provides a novel organization of operating and controlling means for different mechanisms, the machine herein shown having separately controlled power means for imparting operative movements respectively to the heel lasting mechanism and to the shank lasting mechanism, with means for starting the different operating means at different respective times. More particularly, the construction'shown comprises dif ferent clutches for controlling the different mechanisms, with automatic means for actuating the clutch for the heel lasting mechanism to star that mechanism after the shank lasting mechanism has perfbrmed a portion of its cycle of operations, whereupon the operating means for the shank lasting mechanism comes automatically to rest, and with further means for actuating the clutch of the shank lasting mechanism to start that mechanism again in operation in time relation to theoperation of the heel lasting mechanism. This affords convenient means for controlling the different mechanisms to perform their operations in sequence as hereinbefore explained.

A further feature of the invention consists in novel means, for conforming an upper to the contour of its last in the shank portion of the shoe. Included in the novel organization herein shown are opposite shank grippers which pull the upper heightwise of the last, forwardly toward the toe. and inwardly over the insole, together with overlaying members or wipers which act to lay the margin of the upper at the opposite sides of the shank inwardly over the insole and to press it into adhering relation to the insole. In accordance with the manner ofoperation of the illustrative machine, the shank grippers are operated to pull the upper as above described and the machine then comes to a stop to enable the operator to move the grippers relatively for adjusting the upper transversely of the last, and when the machine is again started the overlaying operations are performed,

firstat the shank andthen at the'h eel end of nation of the shank pullingmeans with the heel lasting means, sincethe shank grippers, by their foredrawing andoverdrawing move} the shoe.

in important novel anduseful feature is tobe recognized also in the combinients, serve 'todraw the upper closely about the last in front of the heel seat and to tighten :itabout theheel end of the last preparatory to the heel end lasting operation.

Further to assist in conforming the upl per closely and tightly to the contour of the crating upon the opposite'sides of the shoe,

last, the invention provides means for drawing the upper forwardly at the forepart of the last, such means in the machine herein shown being a:daptedfor manual operation to tightentheupper about the .heel end of the last and along" the shank and? also to conform the upper to the curvature of the last at l the top of the fore-part, preparatory to the operations performed as above "described in the shank and at the heel 'end.-

Novel and useful features areto' be recogni'zeclnot onl-y'mthe combination ofsuch 7 means with other meansi for operating on the shoe, but also in the structure ,provided' for drawing the uppenforwardly at the forepart, includingnovel details of a toe gripper and'its-operating means, a novel de- 5 vice for engaging the upper frictionally at the top of the forepart with a forwardly directed pull, and a novel combination ofsucli device and grippeg. H

A further feature; of the invention, as ap plied to a'i'nach ne having dev ces for opcomprises-novel'ineans'for effecting positioning mo vement offsai'd devices relatively to the shoe prior to theiroperation upon the shoe; 'llhe construction shown comprisesan organization wherein the opposite shank 4 lasting'inechanisms, provided with grippers for gripping the margin of-the upper at the sides of the shank, aresmoved" inwardly toward the sides of the shoe into position for.

the grippers toengage tl'ie'upperby means which is rendered operative by movement of the shoe support to'carrytheshoe into pong -tion between said lasting-mechanisms. T his construct-ion affords ample room for mov-' .ing theshoe into position to be operated units-withtheir operating. and controlling.

means. Included also among these various features of the invention is novel means for v insuring against ineffectiveness in the operation of an overlaying'member on a a 06,;

1 sistance ofthe shoe to the inward movement shown is embodied in meansfor locking the opposite mechanisms together automatically toprevent them from being forced apart by the resistance of tl e'shoe inthe overlaying operation. I V

- Still another feature consists in novel means for determining by engagement with .the'shoe the relation'between the plane 'of' the shoe bottoin' and means for laying the margin of the upper inwardly over the in-I sole. Iirits embodiment of this feature the invention provideson the Wiper carrier- 'whereby the heel embracing ipers are moved lengthwise'of the shoe a gaging device which is moved initially heightwise of the shoe with the wipers into engagement vit-hthe insole and moves forwardly with the wipers to position them relatively to'the insole substantially throughout their advancing movement. subsequent pressing action of the wipers upon the margin of the upper the machine is also provided with. automatic 'means forirea leasing the wipersflfrom thegaging deviceafter they have substantially completed their inward movement.

The above and other features of theinventi'on including. various details of consti'iiction and combinationsof parts, will now bemore particularly set-forth in connection with the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims."

In the drawings: V H

Fig. 1 is a view in side elevation of a machine embodying the features of the 'inven tion with parts broken away; i r i Fig. 2 shows an operating connection which is broken away on Fig.

In order topermit the Fig. 3 isa view similar to l, 'oii an enlarged scale, of the head portion of the machine which carries the heel end lasting part of the structure in mechanism, with a vertical section;

Fig. l is a front elevation of the struc ture shown in Fig. 3, with portions broken away; v

'F 5v is a section on the line 5 -5 of Figs. 3 and 4;

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6.6 of V Fig. 1; r

Fig. 7 is asection on the line 77 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1 on an enlarged scale, of one Of'the shank lasting mechanisms F 9 is a front elevation of the mecha nism shown in Fig. 8, with one of the side cover plates broken away;

Fig. 10 is a vertical section illustrating more fully the gripper. and its controlling mechanism;

F 11 is a view in rear elevation of pertions of the opposite shank lasting mechanisms;

Fig. 12 is a view in side elevation of the shoe support or jack;

F 13 shows a portion of the shoe support as viewed from the opposite side of Fig. 12;

Fig.'-14 is a section on the line 1414 of Fig. 12 and Fig. 15 is a detail view showing a portion of the clutch controlling mechanism.

The machine herein shown as an embodiment of the features of the invention comprises, as stated, mechanism for lasting the heel end portion of the shoe and mechanism for lasting the shank portion of the shoe. The shank lasting mechanism, hereinafter more particularly described, is operated and controlled by cams on a cam shaft 2 which carries a spiral gear 4 driven by a worm 6 on a shaft 8, the latter having slidingly mounted'on its rear end a friction clutch member 10 arranged to engage a brake member 12 on one side and a driving member 14 on the other side- The member 14 is driven continuously through a belt 16 by an electric motor 18. The clutch member 10 is forced into clutching engagement with the member 14 by a spring 20, but when the machine is at rest is held against the pressure of the spring in engagement with the brake member 12 by the action of a controlling lever 22 which is pivoted at 24 on the frame of the machine and carries a block 26 which engages one end of a finger 28 pivotally mounted on one of the'armsof a bell-crank 30, the other arm of which is operatively connected to thesliding clutch member 10. To stop the machine the lever 22 is depressed against the tension of a spring 32 by one or another of three stop cams a, Z) and 0 carried by a cam disk 34 onthe cam shaft 2. To start the machine the finger 28 is swung rearwardly from under the block 26 by depression of a treadle 36. The connection between the treadle and the finger 28 comprises a member 38 which is swung by the treadle and operates in engagement with a projection on the end of a link 40 to pull forwardly on an arm 42 which is rigidly connected to the finger 28. A spring 44 connected to a finger 46 which is rigidly connected to the link 40 acts bothto hold the link down in engagement with the member 38 and to swing the finger 28 under the block 26. When the link 40 is pulled forwardly by the treadle and swings the finger 28 from under the block 26, the spring is rendered effective to move the clutch member 10 into engagement with the member 14, the finger 28 being moved up by the bell-crank at the rear of the block 26. in the continued depression of the treadle a pin 48 on themember 38 lifts the link far enough to disengage its projecting end from the member 38, thus pern'iiting the spring 44 to swing the linger 28 against the rear face of the block 26 in order that the machine may be stopped automatically even if the operator continues to hold the treadle depressed. It will be understood that as the cam disk 34 is turned from the position illustrated in Fig. 1 the stop cam a permits the spring 32 to swing the lever 22 upward until the finger 28 is per mitted to snap back under the block 26. lNhen this occurs the parts are in condition for the clutch to be released and the brake applied when the next succeeding stop earn 6 ar rives in position to depress the lever 22.

lVhile the starting and stopping mechanism above described is convenient and effective for the purposes in view, it will be understood that it is merely an example of various mechanisms which maybe utilized for controlling the action of the machine. In the constructionshown there are three step cams which for purposes to be more particularly explained hereinafter determine two periods of rest for the cam shaft 2 before the machine arrives at the end of its cycle but it ill be understood that in many of its aspects the invention is not limited to this particular man ner of control.

The heel end lasting mechanism is mounted upon the upper or head portion 50 of the frame of the machine (Figs. 1, 3 and 4), and in the construction shown is operated and controlled by cams on a separate cam shaft 52 which is controlled by another clutch. For controlling this shaft any suitable form of clutch may be utilized, the construction shown comprising a one revolution clutch in cluding a pulley 54"constructed to serve as the driving member of the clutch and a member 56 which is fast on the shaft 52 and is engaged by the pulley. In the position illustrated in Fig. 4 the pulley 54 is held out of engagement with the member 56, against the resistance of a spring 58, by means of a memher 60 which slides lengthwise of the shaft 52 in a groove in the shaft and is recessed to receive the hub of the pulley for moving the pulley endwise. A vertically movable slide 62 has a wedge shaped upper end for engagement with the inner end face of the member 60 to force this member and the pulley outwardly for releasing the clutch at the end of each revolution. For further disclosure of this clutch mechanism reference may be made to U. S. Patent- NO. 1.026.067 granted on May 14. 1912 upon an application of Orrell Ashton. Vhen the siide 62 is moved downward it releasesthe member and permits the spring 58 to set the clutch. ,Such downward move mentofthe slide is eifected automatically in the construction shown at a predetermined time int-he cycle'of thecamshaft 2,'-as here-' 'inafter more. fully explained, by the action I ofa cam 64 (Fig. 15) on the end of this cam shaft upon a rod 66 which eXtends upwardly and isconnected to the slide. 2 The pulley 54 is connected by abelt to a pulley 68 mounted on the end of a shaft 7 0 which is connected by spiral gearing 72 to a shaft 74 on which the clutch member 14 is secured, the pulley 54 thus being drivencontinuously;

For the lasting operation the shoe is mount 7 ed on a shoe'fsupport or jack comprising a jack standard 76 pivoted at 778 on the base of r the machine, and on this standard is'mounted' a tubular member 80 supported at its lower 1 end on'aneye bar. 82. rE'iitending downwardwithin the upper end -of'thevniember 80 isa rod 84 adjustable upwardlyor downwardly byfmeans of a hand wheel 86 and having fast on its upper end a forwardly projecting bar 88; The member 80' is split at its upper jendand' isembraced by 'a clamp 90 which may beltightened .to'hold the rod 84in adjusted position; Above the'b ar 88 is a member 920K whichis pivoted a heel-pin holder 94provided with heel pins 96and 98'of'different sizes either one ofwliich, by turning the holder '94, may be positioned for engage merit in the heel pinsocket of a last.

Mounted for adjustment alongthe bar 88 k by means of a pinion 100 which engages rack teeth on the bar and is operated by a hand 7 wheel 102, is arsholder 104 provided with a slide-way for an upwardly extending toe rest standard. or support 106, the latter being adjustable vertically by rack teethwhich are engagedby a pinion 108 carried by ashaft which is journaled in the holder 104 and has ahand wheel 110 foreft'ecting the adj ustnient;

i (A latch 112 engaging the teeth of a, wheel 114 locks the member 106 inthe position to which it is adjustediby the pinion 108. Similar meansnotshown-in detail is provided for locking the pinion100 to hold the member 106* in its adjusted position lengthwise of the v bar88;

Mounted on the support is a member 116 whichmay be conveniently termed a toe j rest, although it engagesthe upper at the top of the 'fore'part somewhat back of the toe end, this member being pivoted at 118 on the support 106'so that it may turn or swing inclirections lengthwise of the shoe." The mem I ber 116lias an arcuate shoe engaging surface which may be faced "with rubber or other material suitable for engag ng the upper fIIC-V ltionall'y; VMounted in anarc shaped guideway below thetoe in the member 106 is a curved slide 120 the front end of which is shaped to serve as one of the jaws of a gripper and] has pivoted thereon a co-operatingjaw 122 for, gripping the'toe end of the upper materials. Fast ona rock shaft 124 in the support 106 is a hand lever 126, and secured also to the shaft 124 is an arm 128 connected by a link'130 to the toe rest member 116 and diate lever 134','the latter being pivoted between its ends on the support 106 and connected at one end by 'a link 136 to the pivoted jaw 122.

A' spring 138,' connected at its opalso connected byalink 132' to an intermepositejends respectively to the support 106 andto the curved slide 120, serves to hold the V slide normally at its inner limit of movement.

WVhen the operator mounts a last and its upper upon the heel pin, the forepart of the upper is positioned on the toe rest member 116 and the toe end of the upper is inserted between the toe gripper j aws." Theoperator then depressesthe hand lever 126. As a result of such depression of the lever the arm 128 120 forwardly-and upwardly in itsguideway while the gripper jaws maintain a firm grip upon the upper, thereby pulling theupper :at the toe. V Simultaneously with the gripping of theupperand the movement of the gripper jawsto pull the upper the toe rest member 116 is operated by the link- 1230 to draw or wipe the upper'atrthe top of the forepart forwardly towardthe 'toe end of the last. The combined action of the gripper while conforming it to thecurvature of the top of the forepart of the last. This conform? ing action, combined with the forward pull or strain on the upper, is particularly advantageous in operating on tennis or artic shoe uppers which are usually not cut and assembled with as nice a regard to the contour lines of the last as most other kinds of shoes.

100 and the moving toe rest member is to strain i the upper forwardly on the last and thus to'- 'drawit tight about the heel: end of the last lVhen the lever 126has been depressed far enough to subject the upper to the required tension, the operator releases it, and 'a pawl 140 controlled by a spring 142 then acts by engagement with ratchet teeth 144 to hold the lever from return movement. After the operations uponithe shoe f have been conipleted the operator releasesthe lever 126 by means of a pawl releasing handle 146, and a spring 148 then acts to swing the lever upwardly and to return the parts to the po-' sitions illustrated in Fig. 13. a

The tubular supporting member 80 extends downwardly through a yoke-shaped member 150, which is secured to the standard 7 6' and carries an adjusting screw 152 bearing on a collar on the member 80 for imparting to said member a rearward swinging movement relatively to the standard 76 against the resistance of a spring 154 or for permitting a forward swinging movement of the member by the action of the spring. A hand wheel 156 is provided for turning the screw 152, and a detent 158 retains the screw yieldingly in adjusted position. -Such adjustment is sometimes required for different sizes of shoes. I

After the shoe'has been mounted on the jack and the upper subjected to a forward pull as above explained, the jaclr is swung rearwardly about its pivotal axis 78 to carry the shoe into position to be operated upon by the heel and shank lasting mechanisms. By such movement of the jaclt'the heel end of the shoe is carried into engagement with a heel embracing band 160, comprising a band chain and a strip of leather or other suitable facinginaterial,connected atits opposite ends to arms 162 which are fast on vertical rock shafts 164 mounted in bearings in a heel band carrier 166 and con ected to ether by gear sectors 167. A spring 168 connected to arms on the lower ends of the rock shafts tends to swing the arms 162 apart and thus to open the band 160, and when the shoe is carried rearwardly intothe band the a ms 162 are pulled toward each other and the band is thus wrapped about the heel end of the shoe to clamp the upper aboutthe end face and against the sides of the heel endportion of the last. extending portion 169 which is mounted in a slideway in a holder 170, so that the heel bandniay be adjusted forwardly or backwardly, the band-being held in sure of the hand against the shoe, a result which is further served by adjustment of the jack is utilized to actuate roll 180 on the jack standard 6.

member 80 in the manner explained...

The rearward swinging movement of the mechanism where by the acl; is loclred in its rearinost position with the shoe emb aced and clamped by the heel band.- The locking mechanism comprisesa lever 176 1) pivoted at 178 on "the frame of the machine and having a downturned front end which. hooks over a pin or The lever is swung into locking position by a spring 182. Normally the lever is held in idle position. as illustrated in Fig.1, by means of a latch 184 which is fast on an upright a rm 18 The carrier 166 hasa rearwardly pivotally mounted at its lower end on a lever 188 and held forwardly in latching position by a spring 190. At its upper end the arm 186 is curved forwardly into position to be engaged by the end of a spring controlled finger 192 w 11Cl1 is pivoted on a sliding block 194, the latter being connected by a link 196 to the rear end of the shoe supporting bar 88 of the jack. Through this connection the block 194 is moved rearwardly by the rearward movement of the jack and causes the finger 192 to engage and swing the arm 186 into position to release the locking lever 17 6. The lever 188 has a forwardly projecting end which rests upon a roll 198 on the gear wheel 4. lVhen the cam shaft 2 is turned in the direction of the arrow, the lever 188 is released by the roll 198, and a spring 199 then acts to impart upward movement to the arm 186 into position for the latch 184 to efiect operative engagement again withthe locking lever 17 6. In the final period of the cycle of the machine the roll 198 arrives in position to uplift the front end of the lever 188 and thus to move the arm 186 downwardly, whereby the lever 176 is operated to release the jack. In this movement the upper curved end of the arm 186 may engage and press down the pivoted spring controlled finger 192, and when the jack receives its forward movement to carry the shoe out of the machine this finger slips past the end of the arm and springs back into the position illustrated in Fig. 1.

The heel lasting mechanism comprises end embracing wipers 200 pivotally mounted at 202 (Fig. 5) on thelower end'of a wiper holder 204 which is mounted for vertical movement in guideways formed in a carrier 206, the latter having ears whereby it is guided for horizontal movement on fixed rods 208. Movement is imparted to the carrier 206 to carry the wipers forwardly, and subsequently to retract them, by a'path cam 210 on the cam shaft 52, this cam engaging a roll 212 which is adjustable horizontally by means of a screw 214 threaded in the carrier 206 to .vary the limit of forward movement of the carrier and the wipers. A hand wheel 216 on the end of the screw 214 serves as convenient means for effecting this adjustment.

The closing of the wipers for wiping the upper over'the sides of the heel end of the insole is effected inresponse to their forward movement by fixed pins 218 which engage 1nslots 220 formed in rearward extensions of the wipers. These pins are mounted on holders 222 which are adjustable laterally of the shoe in guideways formed in a block 224, the latter being adjustable lengthwise of the shoe in a guideway formedin the holder 170 and held in position by a clamping nut 226. A screw 228 having right and left hand threaded portions is provided for simultaneous adjustment of the holders 222 and pins 218 toward or from each other. Such adjustment .0 i edjusting screw 252.

r e t vary e ie an e etw jent e Wipers 200, andin consemience tofvary' the limit or their closing movement laterally of the shoe,

as may bejrequiredfin order that the wipersmay wipe the'upper inwardly to the required extent on shoes of different sizes. Adjustmentfof the block 224 with the pins 218 lengthwise oftlie shoe determines the time in V V t as a compensating adjustment when the roll the advance of the wipers whenthey begin to close over llehcel seat, and may be necessary 2$ just des r nbef re Pla necL'i order that the beginning of the closing movement' of the wipers may take place in proper relation to their lengthw se movement, or ay b en sery 0r1dee a l r other asons.v In their rearward 'extensions, the wip- 'ers Oare provided'with slots't'o receive a a 7 P a e QQWl Qh s! st on the w ne ho er. 2o

,4 n si' is in e t ng T rain on h wipers when-they v are moved downward to Pr ss the" IIPPB ag s th ilneo h ron e after explalned.

' lever -234fthe}otherend oi-which carries a a d s Pi'sss downw d; by a pr ng 2 2, t e

latter being mounted in a recessinthe plunger and engaging' 'at'itsf upperend a Vertically movable rod 244 It willflbe seen that immel diately uponthe startingof the camshaft52-v 1 the cam238 releases thelever 234 and -permits Wardly. Themachine has neans'forlimiting such downward movement under control of the. shoe itself. todeterminethe plane of the overwiping movement of-vzthewipersq This means comprises a 1'011246 which is positioned. Y for engagementwith the heel seat tac'e' ofthe' r insole ,and'is mounted 'on' a bar- 248 carried by 2 a block 250con'the wiperholder 204. en-

gagement with the bottom of the shoe the roll 2.246 thus limits the downwardmovemen't of thewipens preparatoryto their advancingand {Closing 1110atements. It. will'fbe evident V byre ferenceto Fig.3that tor'the. overwiping operation 'the wipers are" thus 1 positioned somewhatabovethefplane. of the, heel seat, as is desirable on thisftype 'fof shoe to insure against; displacementoi the insole or against; premature adherence of the 1 margin oi the =upp'er totheinsole'.i The height ofthe wipers V g relatively to the planeof the heel seatmay'be variedby vertical a'djustmentfof'theibar, 248T inthe block .250 through turning of an 'In order "that the, wipers'niay be moved farther downwardly for, pressing the margin V ofgthe upper tirinlyiinto adhering relation to v -The wiperholder .204; is upheld ;;by a roll-232 whichengages a plane lowerf't'ace oftheholderandismountedfon one end of a mamas.

the in-s olathe machine has means for'disconic 'necting the'hmit ng' roll 246 from the w per holder ata predetermined time in the cycle so asto render theroll ineffective to'limit' or prevent downward movement of the wipers; For this purpose theblock 250' is mounted for vertical movement in guideways formed'in the Wiper holder 204 andrisv'controlled by a a latch 254 slidingly mounted'in the'wiper holder and having' a projecting end for engagement; withthe top face of a hardened block 256 secured to theblock 25,0. The latch 254 normally locks the block 250 tov the wiper holderwiththe lower face of the block in engagement with a pin 258'on the holder. The

release of the block 250 from the latch 254' is 'efiected in response to forward movementof the carrier 206 with its wiper holder andwiply through'anopening in a plate 262 fast on the frame of the;1nachine.In the position illustrated in '1? ig.3 a spring 264 compressed .betweenthe plate 262 and collar 266 on the rod 260 holds the latch forwardly in looking position. Substantially at the end of the forward movement of the wiper carrier for. advancing and closing the wipers a nut 268 on the rod 260 comes intoengagement with the pl'ate 262 and stops the forwardmovement of r the rod and the latch; of the wiper carrier then serves to withdraw Continued movement the'block 256'fromengagement withthe latch, I

:thereby breaking the fixed connectionbetween the roll 246 and the wiper holder. The block 250 is then controlled only by a light spring 27 O which is provided for subsequentthe spring 242to force the Wiper holder lown lyinsuringreturn of the block" into latching position and opposes no substantial resist ance to downward movement of the wipers. e

the insole. Such increased pressure is applied through a spr ng 272 the lowerend of which rests upon the plunger 240. V This comparat1vely' l1eavy spring is under substantially nocompression when-the parts-are in their initial positions, the light spring 242 in addition to the weight of "the parts being depended upon to'movethe wipeisdown to their over-'- wiping planer as hereinbefore (described; For

compressing the spring 272 to apply {the in creased pressure to the. wipers therod 244 carries a collar 274. Downward movement-J is imparted tofthe rod 244 by-an'arm 276, the front end portion of which is provided; with aguideway for-a sliding block 278 in which; a a

.th'e u'pper end'ot the rod 244 is seated in all positions of the wipers; the spring 242 holding therod up against the block. The'arm 2TGfis fast on a rock shaft on which is also secured an arm 279 provided with a roll 280 which rides in a cam path 282.

Briefly described, therefore, the operation of the heel seat lasting mechanism is as follows. Upon the starting of the cam shaft 52 the lever 234 is released by its earn 238 and the spring 242 forces the wiper holder 204 downwardly until the roll 24'S'engages the insole on the heel seat. The cam 210 then moves the carrier 206 with the wiper holder forwardly to advance the wipers over the heel seat, and in response to such movement of the wipers they are closed inwardly over the sides of the heel seat by the pins 218, thus gathering the margin of the upper and laying it inwardly over the insole. Substantially at the end of this advancingand closing movement of the wipers the latch25t releases the block 250, and the arm 276 is then operated to compress the spring 272 andthus to apply increased downward pressure to the wipers. Thereafter the arm 276 is rever'sely moved to relax the pressure and the wiper holder and the wipers are raised by the cam 238, the support 206 being moved rearwardlyby its cam, and the latch 254 snaps back into position to lock the block 250 again to the wiper holder ready for operation on the next shoe.

3 The different shank lasting mechanisms at the opposite sides of the shoe are substantially identical in construction andoperation, and each comprises a gripper for gripping and pulling the upper over the last, a wiper 284, (Fig. 9) for laying the margin of the upper inwardly over the bottom ofthe last and for pressing it into adhering relation to the insole, and a side clamp 286 for clamping the upper against the side of the last. Each of these sets of instrumentalities is supported on a bracket or carrier 288 which has a rearwardly extending arm 290 secured to a rock shaft 292 and mounted between ears 294 which afford bearings for the rock shaft and are fast on a vertically movable slide 296 (Fig. 7). The slide 296 is mounted for vertical movement in a support 298 provided with a rearwardly extending portion which is guided for horizontal movement in the frame of the machine. Between the rear ends of the arms 290, in the support 298, is a spring 300 which acts on spring plungers to force these ends of the arms apart and thustends to swing the two opposite shank lasting mechanisms inwardly toward the shoe. Such inward movement is under control of a wedge block 302 6) which has bearing engagement with rolls on the lower ends of arms pivotally mounted on the support 298, the arms 304i being connected by ball joints to bearing members 306 which have sliding engagement with the inner sides of the arms 290. Springs 308 connecting the arms 304 to the arms 290 hold the latter in sliding en gagement with the members 306. Initially the wedge block 302 is upraised to hold the shank lasting mechanisms well away from the sides of the shoe in order that the shoe may be moved rearwardly into the heel band without the interference of these mechanisms. By reference to Fig. 1 it will be seen that the lever 176 which locks the jack in its rearmost position carries a roll 310 which bears upwardly under the lower end of the wedge block 302, and when this lever is moved clownwardly to lock the jack in response to the movement of the jack the roll 310 releases the wedgeblock and permits it to slide downwardly in its guideway, thus causing the spring 300 to swing the lasting mechanisms inwardly toward the sides of the shoe. The machine is provided, however, with means for stopping such downward movement of the wedge block at a point where the grippers of the shank lasting mechanisms are over the ed es of the upper in position for the upper to be conveniently inserted between the gripper jaws and before the clamp members 286 have been carried into engagement with the shoe. For this purpose the wedge block has secured thereto a rod 312 which extends upwardly through a recess in the slide 296 and has fast on its upper end a block 314 which is notched at 316 for engagement with the upper end of a pawlor latch 318 pivotally mounted on the support 298. \Vhen the roll 310- releases the wedge block it drops only to the limit determined by the block 31a and the pawl 318. By adjustment of the block 314 on the rod 312 the limit of this preliminary inward movement of the lasting mechanisms may be varied, as may be necessary for different sizesof shoes.

Secured to the upper end of each of the carriers 288 is a frame or casing which serves to support the different shank lasting instrumentalities at that side of the machine, this casing including opposite cover plates one of which is broken away on Fig. 9. Mounted for vertical movement in guideways in these cover plates is a gripper casing 324 to the lower end of which is secured a fixed gripper jaw 326. A co-operating jaw 328 is pivotally mounted on the casing 324 and has a curved shank portion engaged by a roll 330 whichis carried by a closing slide 332 mounted for vertical movement relatively to the grippercasing. A spring 334e'connected at one end to the gripper casing and at its other end to the closing slide tends to move the slide upwardly and thus to impart closing movement to the jaw For maintaining the closing slide at its lower limitof movement with the jaws open to receive the upper a latch 336 is pivoted on the slide, this latch having a recess to receive a projection 338 on an operating member or block 340 movable vertically at the outer side of the gripper. A spring 342 normally holds the latch 336 in the position shown inFig. 10 in which the block 340 is holding the closing slide downward against thetension oi? the spring 334-. The block 340 g has rolls 344; which run inzvertica'l guideways in the cover plates andis under control of a spring 3e6' theupper end of which is connected'to ashort cover plate 348 on thetop. of the casing 32a, thespr'ingwtending to pull the blockupwardly. Y f i v a i *ach of the grippers is under control of cam 350, on the cam shaft'2which serves to operate'a lever 352 fast onfa rock shaft Fa ston this rock shaft are twolevers 354, one s for each, gr1pper, and each connected by a "link 855 to a bell-"crank 356 mounted on a support 358 which is fast on the rear end of the support 298 Each bell-erank356 is con- I nect'e d'by a'link 360 to abell-crank 362 piv- V207 (sewin s).

' of ajspringi 370.

oted on the lower end ofthe'carrier 2788,,each bell-crank362 being connected by alink 3.6% to the lower end of a gripperoperating rod Threaded onlthe lower end of i this red isasleeve 368 which slides-vertically ina fixed sleeve 369-clampedin the carrier 2S8 andprovides a bearingi or theflower end The upper end of this spring'seats against-the lower end of a sleeve member 372 provided at its oppositesides 5 with" vertical, slots to receiveapin 374 which is fast inthe upper end of the rodl366. The

head ol the sleeve member 372 is connected by a link 376't0 the block 340 above"clescribed. Initiallytby the action of the springs346 and 3T0, thelsleeve' 372 and the. block 340 are up held as tar as permitted by thepin 374i, biit with the gripper aws open as shown, 111 Fig;

.10. jlVhenthe rod 366 1'eceives-its upward movement from the cam 1350.; themember 372' and the block 340 are forced-yieldingly upward by thesprings and the closing slide 332' is thereby moved" upward in the gripper. cas

ingto'close thejaws on the upper. Further upward?movement of the block 340, then lifts the gripper cas ng to cause theqaws to pull 7 the uppenthe spring370 being compressed; L moreor less in accordance withtheresistance of the uppermaterials.t It-Qwill be evident thatthe spring- 370 through which each of the opposite side grippers isopera'ted is thus 'yieldable independently .in response to resistance'o f fthe upperr to the pull ofthat vgripperuv 1 S'multaneously the upward :moveinent of the grippers for: pnllingthe upper acr-os the instep of the last they receive a for- Y wardinoveinent to foredraw'the'upper. For. th1s 'purposeboth the-shank lasting nechan- :ismsare moved torwardlyby'thesuppoi-t 29S which receivesits forward movement from a pinion 378 (Fig; engaging rack teeth onthe lower taco of the rearwardextension of the support-This pinion is operatedby crankarm 38O connectediby link 382 to a lever also f ast on the rocksliaft The extent of such forward movement'of the last; mg mechanisms be varied by, achustmg the link 382 along a curved slot in thelever i 384, as shown in Fig. 1. For positioning the lasting mechanismsinitially lengthwise of the shoe in accordance withthe size of the shoe the pinion 378, which may be turned'reL atively to the arm 380, has secured thereto a segment arm 390 provided with a plurality of holes to receive a pin which is carried by-an arm 392 fixed to the arm 380. A handle 394 is provided for withdrawing the pin from engagement with the arm 390. WVhe'n the pin is thus withdrawn the arm 390 with its pinion may be turned relatively to the arm 392 to to move farther downwardly and thus ren-' dering the spring 300'etl-ective to swing the opposite shank lasting mechanisms 'still tar ther inwardlytoward the shoe, therebycaus ing the grippers to draw the marginvof the upper inwardly. over the bot-tom, of, the last and forcing the side clamps 286' intoholding engagementwith the'upper at the sides of the shoe in theshank. For-this purposethe pawl has a link 396,depending from it through an opening inthe support 298 (Fig. 7), this link having at its lower end a notch to receive a tooth formed on a crankarm 398 which is fast on a :roc'ksh'aft 400 journaled in the'support 2985 this rock shaft having-on one end another crank arm connected by a ,link402 to an arm tOt alsofifast on therock shaft 353.

Between the link 402 and the arm lllthero isa pin and slot connection; permitting lost motion, so that the pawl 318 is not operated until substantially the end lot the forward movement of the grippers. In response to such release of the block 314 the wedge block 302' may jmove downwardly until itagain meets the roll 310, and in'the return of the parts to starting position the wedge block is raised. to its upper limitofmovement by the actionot this roll, thus swinging 'the opposite shank lastingmechanisms outwardly awayfromthe shoe. 7 f o r Each of the side clamps 28.6-comprises a pad of yieldablematerial, for" example rubber, mounted on a holder L06 which is swivele d on theupper end of a supporting 1 arm 408st thatthe clamp member may turn 7 ma horizontal plane to adjust itself to the contour of-the" shoe; IThe' arm 4OS ihajsa dependingshank' tlO iwhich is mountedin a socketin another ar 'n l1 2v for a purposeto be hereinafter described and a spring 414 11); holds. the- 408 normally from upward movement; Thearm412 is pivoted at 1:16 ona portion ofthe frame of-t he lastje ingmechani'smso that: it may be-swung to- W r br m h shoe' A p ing .4 0

nected to the arm 412 tends to swing the clamping device away from the shoe, and co operating with this spring to determine the position. of the device is a pin 420 (Fig. 9) which is fast on a crank arm secured to a rock shaft 422 in the frameof the lasting mechanism, this rock shaft being provided with an adjusting arm 424 having a spring controlled pin to enter any one of a plurality of holes 426 forn'ied in the frame. 6 It will be evident that this construction permits adjustment of each side claniping device independently toward or from the shoe and that such adjustment determines at each side of the shoe the extent of overdrawing movement of the gripper since the clamp limits the inward movementof the gripper. It may be desired, for example, to adjust the clamping device at the inner side of the shoe so that the gripper at that side will pull the upper farther inwardly on the last than the gripper at the other side ofthe shoe. 1

' At the end of the overdrawing movement of the grippers the second rise 1) on the cam 34 arrives in position to stop the machine, as hereinbefore described. The operator is then permitted to 'inspect the work and to determine whether any adjustment of the upper on the last is necessary. If for example the gripper'at one side should have pulled the upper too high relatively to the eXtent of pull at the other side, so that the upper will notoverlap the insole for a substantially uniform distance at both sides of the shank, the operator is enabled toadjust the upper by relative movement of the grippers. For this purpose each of the sleeve members 372, which is positively connected to the corresponding gripper operating block 340, as explained, is connected by links 428,430 and 432. to a hand lever'434 pivoted on the carrier 288. By moving one hand lever upwardly and the other downwardly corresponding movements may be imparted to theoppositeside grippers in such manner as to shift the upper transversely of the last. Likewise by use of the hand levers the force of the pull on the upper may be either increased or relaxed.

if for any reason it should be desiredat this point to release the shoe from the grippers, each of the grippers independently may be disconnected from its operating block 340 by pressing down on a spring plunger 436 9) thereby operating a pivoted finger 438 which presses against a. tripping member 440 pivoted at 442 on the side plates 322. One arm ofthe member 440 bears on the end of a spring plunger 444, and when the latter is pressed inwardly by downward movement of the plunger 436 it swings the latch .336 (Fig. 10) out of engagement with the projection 338 on the block 340. This releases the closing slide 332 from control (of the spring 370, and the gripper casing 324 is permitted to move downwardly in response to the pull per aws. The same means may be used initially for closing the grippers on the upper be fore the machine is started, in which case the release of the closing slide from the block 340 results in upward movement of the slide in response to the pull of the spring 334, whereby the jaw 328 is "operated to grip the upper. The operator may thus, if desired, insert the margin of the upper at one side of the shoe in the corresponding gripper and close that gripper on the upper, and may thereafter do the same at the other side of the shoe. When the machine is operated under these conditions the blocks 340 will be moved upward until their projections 338 again enter the notches in'the latches 336, and thereafter the upper will be pulled in the same manner as if the closing of the jaws had been effected automatically.

.lVhen the operator again starts the machine by the depression of the treadle 36 the wipers 284 are moved inwardly to lay the margin of the upper at the shank over the insole, these wipers operating in a plane sufficiently above the plane on the insole to avoid displacement of the latter and to prevent presing the margin of the upper prematurely into position to adhere to the insole. Each wiper is carried by a slide 446 movable in guideways in theplates 322 and is operated by a pair of pinions 448 which engage rack teeth on the lower face of the slide. Fast on the same shaft with the pinions 448is a pinion 450 which is engaged by a vertically movable rack bar 452 (Figs. 8 and 11) the latter being connected at its lower end by means of a link 454 to a bell-crank 456. The link 458 connects each bell-crank 456 to a bell-crank 460mounted on the member 358,'and each of these bell-cranks is connected by a link 462 to a lever 464 fast on a rock shaft 466 provided with an arm 468 operated by a cam 469 on the cam shaft 2. Downward movement is thus imparted to the racks 452 for moving the Wipersinwardly. Between the pinions 448 is secured an arm 470 on the upper end of which is a roll engaging a block 471 pivoted on one arm of the 'member440 and controlled by a spring plunger 47 2. As the pinions are ope rated'to force the wiper inwardly the arm 470 swings the member 440 about its axis and thus presses the plunger 444 inwardly to release the latch 336 from the block 340, thus disconnecting the gripper from, its operating mechanism and permitting the upper to slip out from between the j aws as the wiper moves inwardly. The upper is thus released from the grippers at the opposite sides of the shoe in time relationto the inward movement of the wipers, if it has not already been thus released manually as hereinbefore explained. In the return of the arms 470 to starting position the blocks471 are swung about their pivots against the pressure of the spring plungers 472 to permitthearms to pass. ing ine'chanis'ms from being swung outwardly from the'shoe-by the resistance of the shoe in suchimanner as to relaX the pressure of the sideclamps on the upper, the machine is provided wlth, mechanism for automatically locking together the two oppositeshank lasting mechanisms, as shown most clearly in I Fig. '11. This means comprises almk 474 connected at one end to one of the. shank last ng mechanisms and connected; at 1ts other endto a shde476 on the other shank I la-sting mechanism, this slide having rack teeth-engaging a pinion 2478. Then the lastingr mechanisms are swung inwardly toward the shoe as hereinbeforeexplamedthm pin- 'ion'i'sturned idly bythe slide LTGL Fast on thesame shaft with the pinion 478 is a ratchet wheel 480,-'a'ndpivoted:onihe casing of the same lastingmechanism is a pawl 482 which is pulled. toward the ratchet wheelby [a spring 4:84.. This pawl, however, is held 3 normally out'of engagement -with the ratchet wheel by allatch486, pivoted o'nwhich is'a releasing dog 188 havingaprojection held bya spring L9O'in a notch-formed inacam' member 4:92. fast "on the same shaft as'the pinion-450. 'f-When' this pinion is operated by the rackibar 452 'to' force the wiper'ins I wardly,thedog 488-isimmediately pulled toward thejright 11) releasing the latch 4:8 6'froni the pawl 482 and causing the latter to 'swinginto engagement. with the ratchet wheel 480, thus locking the two opposite lasting mechanisms together so that they vcannotbeforced apart may from the I shoe, Immediately thereafter a rise L94 on the cam F192. forces the dog 488 downwardly. out of the notch i n thegcam, and a spring" 496 then swings the latch486 back against projection498 on thep'awl 4:82; ;fAt alatertime in the cycle,in the return of the partsjto starting positiom'a rod 500c'arriediby the rack bar 452 engages Q and lifts up one endof the pawl member; 482, thereby disconnecting the pawlfrom the ratchet wheel and swinging it back into position for the latch lsfito hook over the top of the projection &98.

Immediately after the. wipers have arrived at their'limits'of inward movement the cam is then stoppedb y theaction ofthe third rise 0 on'tlie cam 3tfand remains at-rest substan tially' throughoutthe' cycle Ofoperationsof thefheelseat lasting mechanism hereinbefore described machine is so organized,

however, that fld'ownward pressure is applied a by the shank wipers 284i to the margin of the i upper at the same time that downward pressure is applied by the heelwipers' 200 on the heel seat and under controlof the same mechanism. 'F or this purpose the slide 296, here- I A I I e inhefore described as mounted in a guideway ln-order to-prevent' the opposite s de lastin the carrier 298 and assupporting the opposite shank lasting mechanisms, is provided on its rear side 7) with anupward extension having rack teeth 502 engagedby apin ion 5% which is'fast on a shaft provided on itsouter end; with an arm 506 (Fig; l), the

latter beingconnected'to an arm 508 fast-on the samerock shaft as 'thearm 276 for'imparting downward movement to the heel wipers, the connections comprising a rod 510 (Fig. 2) having-two telescoping parts be tween which is a compression spring 512: The shank lasting mechanlsms'with their of the upper in the shank 'and on the heel I seat for cementing the margin firmly to the insole. Inthis operation the side clamps 286 remain stationary by reason of the manner in which their -dep ending shanks 410- are mounted in the holders. 412, thus avoiding displacement'ofthe upper by the friction of the clamps. It will'be understoodthatthe shankwipers are moved upwardly again with the heel wipers before they arev retracted fromgover the shoe in order to avoid outward drag on the margin of the upper." v

I Just before the "clutch forthej heel mechanism is actuated to stopthe rotation 'of the shaft 52 thecluteh at the base ofthe machine is actuated automatically by: the

turning of the shaft 52 to start the camshaft 2 for the final-period of its cycle. For this purpose thecam shaft 52 carries a cam 5M which engages a roll on a lever 516 connected by a link 51 8 to an arm 520 fast on the same rock shaft as the treadle 36;. wherebythe treadle, is operated automatically to trip the clutch. It will be understood, of course, that the link 5181s moved upwardly alsoat the time when the treadle is depressed by the operator, but that this'is merely an idle movement without effect upon the machine. In the completion of the cycle of the cam shaft 2the p'arts of the shank lasting mechanisnrare returned to starting position and the jack is released to permitthe removal of the shoe. I

' While "the operations. of the different mechanisms and'the cycle ofjthe machine as a whole have-been set forth'in-the foregoing description, they may be summarized briefly as follows l r 'YVhile'the jack is in its -forwarclly:swung' position the' opei'a-tor mounts thereon alast and assembled uppermaterials, the margin of the u'ppe'r, in thec'ase of a tennis shoe, being coated with" cement, and after inserting the toe end of the uppermaterials beto press-and hold it against the last.

tween the gripper jaws 120, 122, depresses the lever 126 to grip the toe end of the upper and to draw the upper forwardly to tighten it about the heel end of the last, the member ll6operating simultaneously to wipe the upper forwardly at the top of the forepart and The operator then swings the jack rearwardly to carry the shoe into the heel band and to cause the heel band to close about the heel end of the shoe, this rearward movement of the ack serving to release the locking lever 17 6 which is thereupon swung into position to hold the jack and the shoe securely against return forward movement. As the lever 176 is swung to operative position it releases the wedge block 302, which drops as far as permitted by the pawl 318 and thus renders the spring 300 effective to swing the opposite shank lasting mechanisms inwardly until the grippers are in convenient position to receive the margin of the upper, but without carrying the side clamps286 into engagement with the shoe. If the insole has not already been mounted on the bottom of the last it may then be placed in the properlengthwise position determined by engagement with the up standing margin of the upper held i htly about the heel endof the last. The operator then positions the margin of the'npper at the opposite sides of the shank within the grippers, with or without tripping the grippers manually to close them on the upper as hereinbefore described, i

Immediately upon the starting of the machine the grippers are closed on the upper, if they have not already been tripped manually, and in either case are moved upwardly to pull the upper, with a simultaneous forward movement by the action of the pinion 378 to draw'the upper still more tightly about the heel end of. the last; Substantially at the end of this updrawing' and foredra wing movement of the grippers the wedge block, 302 is released by the pawl 318 to cause the grippers to be swung inwardly to draw the upper over the margin of the insole and to cause the side clamps 286 to be forced into position to clamp the upper against the sides of the last. The machine then comes automatically previously moved, the wiper operating cam 469 becomes effective to impart inward move ment to. the wipers 284,; and the opposite shank lasting meehanismsare locked together as described to prevent them from being forced outwardly by the resistance of the work. Shortly after the wipers begin their inward movement the grippers are tripped to release the upper. The wipers, as hereinbefore explained, act in their inward movement to lay the margin of the upper over the insole without such pressure as might tend to displace the insole. Substantially at the end of the inward movement of the shank wipers the clutch which controls the operation of the heel seat lasting mechanism is tripped automatically by the cam 6a, and the heel seat wipers 200 are then positioned automatically at the proper height above the heel seat by engagement of the roll 246 with the insole and are advanced and closed to gatherthc margin of the upper and lay it inwardly over the heel end of the insole. Immediately after the clutch which controls the heel seat lasting mechanism is tripped, the main cam shaft 2 brought automatically to a stop by the action of the cam 0 upon the controlling lever 22. After the heel wipers have been advanced and closed they are forced downwardly, as described, and at the same time downward movement is imparted to the shank lasting mechanisms by the action of the arm 508 and its operating connections to cause the shank wipers to press the margin of the upper into adhering relation to the insole at the same time as the heel wipers, and both sets of wipers are then moved upward by the same mechanism to release the pressure. The cam shaft 52 continues its movement to return the parts of the heel lasting mechanism to starting position, and immediately before this shaft completes its movement the lower clutch is tripped automatically by the action of the cam 51%, whereupon the cam shaft 2 turns through the remainder of its ycle and restores the parts of the shank lasting mechanisms to starting position and releases the jack. The operator then releases the toe gripper from the upper and removes the shoe from the jack. 2

Having described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of mechanism for conforming the upper to the contour of its last and for laying its'marginl combination with shoe positioning means, of

means for conforming the upper to the contour of its last and for laying its margin inwardly over the insole in the shank portionof' the sh oe, means for thereafter laying the margm of the upper inwardly over the insole about the heel end of the shoe, and means for shank. V v. z v t f 3. [In a machineot the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of 'mcchanism; for. lasting the heel, end of the shoe, mechanism for lasting the shank pora effecting relative movement between said overlaying means and the shoe to press the margin of the upper into adhering relationv to the insole about the heel end and in the tion'of the shoe, and clutch-controlledpower drivenoperating means automatically timed to impart first to the shank lasting mechanism and'then to the heel lastingmechanism move- Hmentto lay the upper inwardly over the insole. N v 4. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with shoe positioning means, of

mechanism for lastingv the heel end of the ,shoe, mechanism for lasting the shank por- "ti'on of the shoe, and operating means for 1mparting first to the shank lasting mechanism and't-hen to the heel lasting mechanism move- I ment to lay the upper inwardly over the in sole and for thereafter j effecting relative V v movement between sa d drlierent mechanisms and the shoe to press the margin of the upper I upon the insole-at'the heel and shank substantially simultaneously,

5. Ina machine of the class described,lthe

I combination with 'shoe positioning'means, of heel and shanklasting mechanisms, each including wipers for layingthe margin of the v upperinwardly over the insole, means for imparting overlaying movements: first to the shank wipers andth'en to the heel wipers in automatically determined .time relation, and

means for thereafter moving said shanki wipers and heelwipers heightwise of the shoe substantially simultaneously to press the'margin of th upper into ;adhering relation to the insol'efl Q 6, In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of heel and shank lasting mechanisms, each ineluding wipers for, laying margin of the upper inwardly over the insole. and operating-means for moving saidshank wipers and heel wipers inwardly at differentrespective times and for thereafter operating said wipers in automatically determined time relation to fthe ir' inward movementsto press the margin:

ofthe upper upon the insole.

' 7. In a machineofthe. class described, the

' co'mbinationiwith shoe positioning means, of

mechanismffor laying the upper inwardly Qver the insole at opposite sides of the shank {of the shoe, mechanism for laying the upper inwardly. over the insole about the'heel end of the shoe, and (operating means, for moving first; the fshank lover-laying mechanism and thenthelieel overlaying mechanism inwardly over theshoe and for thereafter effecting rela tivemo'veinent between the shoe and said difii'erent mechanisms to press the upper upon the bottom-10f the insole, 1

8. In a machine ofthe class described,the

combination with shoe positioning means, of mechanism for laying the upper inwardly over the insole at opposite sides of the'shank of the shoe,'mechanism for laying the upper inwardly over the insole about the, heel end of the shoe, and power driven operating means for imparting overlaying movement. first to said shankoverlaymg mechanism and then to said'heeloverlaying mechanism in a continuous operation of the machine.

9. In a machine of the class described, the: combination with shoe positioning means, oi"- diflerent mechanisms for lasting different portions ofthe shoe, separately controlled powerdriving means for the diffe -rent respective mechanisms, and starting means for one of said mechanisms arranged tobe operated driving means for the automatically by the other mechanism. 1

10. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe'positioning means, of difierent mechanisms for lasting different portions of the shoe, a controlling clutch for each of said mechanisms, manual :means for actuating'oneof sald clutches, and automatic means for actuating the other clutch. n

11; In a machine of the class descrlbcd, the combination with shoe positioning means, of

power operated heel lasting mechanism, power operated shank lasting mechan sm,

manual means for starting said shank lasting mechanism, and automatic-means for-thereafter starting the heel lasting mechanism in predetermined time relation to the operation of the shank lasting mechanism.

shank inwardly over the insole and then to l2. Ina machine of the class described, the,

combination with shoe positioning means, of power operated shank lasting means "o'rganized to lay the margin'of the upperat the come automatically to rest, and power op-.

erated heel lasting means automatically controlled to follow said shank lasting means in operationjon the shoe and to start said shank lasting means again in operation to complete its cycle of movements.

difierent'mechanisms for lasting respectively dllferent port ons of the shoe, a controlling clutch for eachof said mechanisms, manual means, for actuat ng one of sand clutches to start its lasting mechanism, automatic means for controlling said clutch to stop said lasting mechanism at an intermediate pointin the 7 cycle, and automatic means for actuating the clutch for the other lasting mechanism and for thereai'ter actuating the clutch for said first lasting mechanism to complete the cycle.

15. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, o1 shank lasting mechanism, heel lasting mechanism, manual means for starting the shank lasting mechanism, automatic means for bringing the shank lasting mechanism to a stop at an intermediatepoint in the cycle of the machine, automatic means for starting the heel lasting mechanism in time relation to'the operation of the shank lasting mecha nism, and automatic means for again starting the shank lasting mechanism in operation in time relation to the operation of the heel lasting mechanism.

16. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of shank lasting mechanism, heel lasting mechanism, operating means for said shank lasting mechanism arranged to come automatically to a stop at an intermediate point in the cycle of the machine, and operating means for said heel lasting mechanism arranged to perform the lasting operation at the heel while said first named operating means is at rest and then again to start said first named operating means for completing the cycle of movements of the shanklasting mechanism.

17. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of

different mechanisms for laying the upper nwardly over the insole respectively in different locations, separately controlled power-- driven operating means for imparting overlaying movement to each of said mechanisms, and connections for ren ering the operating means for one of said mechanisms eilective to impart to both the mechanisn'is movement heightwise of the shoe to press the margin 01 the upper upon the insole.

1.8. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, of shank lasting mechanism, heel lasting mechanism, separately controlled operating means for each of said lasting mechanisms, and connections for rendering the operating means for the heel. lasting mechanism effective to impart an operative movement to the shank lasting mechanism.

19. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means. of shank lasting mechanism, heel lasting mechanism,power-driven. operating means for imparting to the shank lasting mechanism movement to lay the i'nargin of the upper inwardly over the insole, separately controlled powerdriven operating means for the heel lasting mechanism, and connections for rendering said last named operating means effective to impart to the shank lasting mechanism movement to press the margin of the upper upon the insole.

20. In a machine of the class described, the

combination with shoe positioning means, of shank lasting mechanism comprising wipers for laying the margin of the upper inwardly over the insole, power driven means automatically operative to move said wipers inwardly and to come to a stop with the wipers in overlaying position, heel embrac- .mg wipers, separately controlled powerdriven means for operating said heel embracing wipers to lay the margin of the upper inwardly and then to press it upon the insole, and mechanism operated by said last named power-driven means for imparting to the shank wipers movement to press the margin of the upper upon the insole.

21. In a machine of the class described, the combination with shoe positioning means, 01 shank and heel lasting mechanisms each comprising wipers for, laying the upper inwardly overtheinsole, separately controlled operating means for the different respective lasting mechanisms, and compressing mechanism controlled by one of said operating means and including a member common to both the shank wipers and the heel wipers for imparting to said wipers movement to press the margin of the upper upon the insole.

22. A machine of the class described having, in combination, mechanism for lasting the heel end of a shoe, different mechanisms arranged respectively to last the opposite sides of the shank portion of the shoe, and a shoe support movable to carry the shoe lengthwise into position for the operation of said heel and shank lasting mechanisms.

28. A machine of the class described having, in combination, mechanism for lasting the heel end of a shoe, mechanism for lasting the opposite sides of the shank of the shoe, a shoe support movable to carry the shoe into posit-ion to be operated upon by said heel and shank lasting mechanisms, and power means arranged to be started in operation after the shoe is thus positioned for imparting operative movements to said heel and shank lasting mechanisms.

24. A machine of the class described having, in combination, mechanism for lasting the heel end of a shoe, mechanism for lasting the shank portion of the shoe, a shoe supportmovable to carry the shoe rearwardly into position to be operated upon by said heel and shank lasting mechanisms, locking means automatically operative in response to such movement or" the shoe support to lock said support in shoe presenting position, and power means arranged to be started in operation when the shoe is thus positioned for imparting operative movements to said lasting mechanisms.

25. A machine of the class described having, in combination, lasting means constructed to lay the margin of an upper over an insole and to press it into position to adhere to the insole at the heel and shank por- 

